Canucks fold 6-3 in first ever trip to Vegas

William Karlsson scored twice, lifting the Vegas Golden Knights to a 6-3 win over the Vancouver Canucks in NHL action Tuesday at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

Karlsson scored the game-tying and go-ahead goals to lead the Golden Knights (40-16-4), who also got goals from Tomas Hyka, Jonathan Marchessault, Tomas Nosek and David Perron.

Daniel Sedin had a goal and an assist for the Canucks (23-30-7). Sven Baertschi and Thomas Vanek also scored for Vancouver.

Anders Nilsson made 20 saves in taking the loss and Jacob Markstrom had seven more in relief for the Canucks, while Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 28 shots for the Golden Knights, earning himself the victory.

Vegas jumped out to an early lead at 17:31 of the first period after Nilsson had trouble controlling a rebound from the point, allowing Hyka to slot in his first career NHL goal.

Just under 10 minutes later, Sam Gagner intercepted the puck from Golden Knight Brayden McNabb, then sent a cross-ice pass to Baertschi for his 14th goal of the season to tie the game at 1-1.

Vancouver: Defencemen Philip Holm made his first NHL start… Baertschi has seven points in his last seven games… Alex Edler is two points away from tying Mattias Ohlund for most all-time points by a Canucks defencemen.

Vegas: The Golden Knights currently have the best record in the NHL with 86 points… Marchessault has 19 games with at least two points this season.